# Bb's Wish List (Sept 96)

"Seth I. Rich" (sir@po.cwru.edu)
Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:49:03 PDT

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    Ok, here's my latest wish list for the server:

     - connected_seconds() should return the number of seconds a not-yet-connected
       player object as been connected.  I don't see why idle_seconds() should work
       and connected_seconds() shouldn't.  This can be very useful in this day of
       using MOO to handle strange and miraculous network utilities.

     - connection_object(OBJ player) should, for an object which has an active
       network connection, return the listening object through which that object
       is connected.  If foo (#234) is connected, I'd like to know if foo came in
       through $login or $httpd or wherever -- so, for example, I can throw the
       right kind of text his way in $handle_uncaught_error.

     - I'd like to see a -v command-line option added which just outputs the same
       data as server_version() does.  (I only have, like, a dozen moo executables
       lying around, it would be nice to be able instantly to know their versions.)

     - (This is a rehash of a long-ago suggestion.)  It would be nice if the MOO's
       database dump was in gzip format.  It could be compressed at dump and
       decompressed during startup, but in any case it would automatically be
       smaller and yet it would still be hand-editable for those of us who do that.
       (Maybe this could be a compile-time option?  The server should IMO read
       compressed or uncompressed DBs.)

    Plus I'd like it if, somehow, the server could manage to support my overwhelming
    desire to have Quinn luv me all nite.

    Seth
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